Director, Nuclear Quality Jobs in Cambridge, Canada at Aecon
What is the Opportunity?
Aecon’s extensive nuclear experience and technical knowledge spans five decades and includes a full range of nuclear services for refurbishment, new build, decommissioning, modularization and fabrication. Aecon plays an important role as the constructor on North America’s three largest nuclear refurbishment projects and is proud to bring multidisciplinary expertise to deliver North America’s first grid-scale SMR while supporting future deployment of new nuclear technology globally.
Guided by its Safety Always culture, Aecon is focused on execution excellence with strong cost, schedule and quality performance.
The Director, Nuclear Quality is accountable for the development, implementation, and governance of Aecon’s Nuclear Quality Program across all nuclear projects and sites in Canada. This role provides functional leadership and oversight to all site‑based Project Quality Leads, ensuring consistent, compliant, and risk‑informed application of nuclear quality requirements using a graded approach commensurate with safety significance, regulatory requirements, and project phase, including oversight of internal audits, management assessments, and supplier/source assurance activities.
The Director acts as Aecon’s senior quality authority for nuclear work, interfacing with clients, regulators, joint‑venture partners, and senior internal leadership to ensure that quality programs protect nuclear safety while enabling efficient and effective project delivery.
What You’ll Do Here:
Nuclear Quality Program Leadership
Own and maintain Aecon’s certified Nuclear Quality Program, ensuring alignment with CSA N286 / N286‑12, applicable regulatory requirements, and client contractual obligations.
Establish clear governance for graded application of quality requirements, ensuring requirements are applied rigorously but proportionately based on:
Safety classification of SSCs
Consequence of failure
Regulatory and contractual expectations
Project phase (development, construction, commissioning)
Ensure program documentation, procedures, and controls are audit‑ready, defensible, and consistently applied across projects and sites.
Graded Quality Approach & Risk‑Informed Application
Lead the development and ongoing refinement of graded quality frameworks, including decision logic for quality program selection and control intensity.
Ensure Project Quality Leads are appropriately applying grading principles to:
Inspection and surveillance levels
Hold points and witness points
Documentation and records retention
Supplier and subcontractor oversight
Challenge over‑specification or under‑application of quality controls to optimize cost, schedule, and risk without compromising nuclear safety.
Functional Leadership of Project Quality Leads
Provide functional leadership, direction, and performance management for all site‑based Project Quality Leads.
Ensure consistent interpretation and application of the Nuclear Quality Program across sites, joint ventures, and project phases.
Set expectations for quality leadership behaviours, escalation thresholds, and decision‑making authority.
Support workforce planning, capability development, and succession planning for nuclear quality roles.
Project Execution & Site Oversight
Oversee and support business development and estimating activities for Quality requirements for prospective new projects.
Oversee quality readiness and mobilization for new nuclear projects and project phases.
Review and approve project‑specific Quality Plans, Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), and surveillance strategies.
Provide senior escalation support for:
Significant non‑conformances
Condition adverse to quality (CAQs)
Regulatory or client findings
Ensure timely and effective corrective actions, lessons learned, and continuous improvement.
Regulatory, Client & External Interface
Act as a senior point of contact for regulators, owners, and clients on nuclear quality matters.
Support regulatory inspections, audits, and assessments, including preparation, execution, and follow‑up.
Interface with joint‑venture partners to ensure alignment on quality expectations, roles, and accountability.
Governance, Assurance &…
Title: Director, Nuclear Quality
Company: Aecon
Location: Cambridge, Canada
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